swap_horiz Nain Singh Rawat Alternatives

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled overland to India around 629–645 CE to collect sacred text...

Asia Ancient Chinese Terrestrial

8.9 Great

2

Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis was an American army officer and explorer who, with William Clark, led the Lewis and Clark Expedition f...

American 19TH Century North America Terrestrial

8.3 Great

3

William Clark

William Clark was an American soldier, explorer, territorial official, and Indian agent who co-led the Lewis and Clark E...

American 19TH Century North America Terrestrial

8.2 Great

4

Heinrich Barth

Heinrich Barth was a nineteenth-century German geographer, linguist, and explorer whose travels produced extensive recor...

German 19TH Century Africa Terrestrial

8.2 Great

5

Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, army officer, diplomat, translator, and linguist active during the ni...

19TH Century British Terrestrial Africa Middle East

8.1 Great

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Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel was a French-Belgian explorer, writer, opera singer, and student of Asian religions whose travels c...

French Asia 20TH Century Terrestrial

7.8 Good

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Isabella Bird

Isabella Bird was a British traveler, writer, photographer, and natural observer whose journeys took her through North A...

Global 19TH Century Female British

7.7 Good

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Nikolai Przhevalsky

Nikolai Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer, naturalist, and military officer who led four major expeditions through Ce...

Russian 19TH Century Asia Central Asia

7.7 Good

9

Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer best known for his 1871 expedition into Central Africa...

19TH Century Africa Congo British American

7.6 Good

10

William of Rubruck

William of Rubruck was a Flemish Franciscan friar who traveled to the court of Mongol Great Khan Möngke in 1253–55, prod...

Asia Medieval Mongolia Flemish

7.6 Good

11

Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley was a British writer and traveler who undertook extensive journeys in West and Central Africa during the 1...

19TH Century Female British Africa

7.6 Good

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John McDouall Stuart

John McDouall Stuart was a Scottish-born explorer whose expeditions mapped large areas of inland Australia during the ni...

Australia 19TH Century British Terrestrial

7.5 Good

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Mungo Park

Mungo Park was a Scottish surgeon and explorer best known for his two major expeditions to trace the course of the Niger...

19TH Century British Africa Terrestrial

7.4 Good

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René Caillié

René Caillié was a French explorer who in 1828 became the first non-Muslim European to visit Timbuktu in present-day Mal...

French 19TH Century Africa Terrestrial

7.4 Good

15

Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, was an American journalist and writer who pioneered the field of investigativ...

American Global 19TH Century Terrestrial

7.4 Good

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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine was an Italian Franciscan friar who in 1245–47 undertook one of the first European diplomat...

Italian Asia Medieval Mongolia

7.3 Good

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Jedidiah Smith

Jedidiah Smith (1799-1831) was an American fur trader and explorer who made significant contributions to the mapping of...

American 19TH Century North America Mountain Man

7.2 Good

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John Hanning Speke

John Hanning Speke was a British explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who undertook several expeditions in Af...

19TH Century British Africa Terrestrial

7.2 Good

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Ida Pfeiffer

Ida Pfeiffer (1797–1858) was an Austrian traveler and author who gained international recognition for her extensive solo...

Austrian Global 19TH Century Terrestrial

7.2 Good

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Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky was a Russian geographer and statistician whose 1856-1857 expeditions made him an...

Russian 19TH Century Asia Terrestrial

6.9 Fair